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Standard 2:
Achieving Educational Objectives Through
Core Functions
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2.4: The institution's expectations for learning and student
attainment are developed and widely shared among its members (including
faculty, students, staff, and where appropriate, external stakeholders). The
institution's faculty takes collective responsibility for establishing,
reviewing, fostering, and demonstrating the attainment of these
expectations.
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UC Santa Cruz Summary of Evidence |
UCSC has engaged in several recent exercises to
galvanize and clarify the institution’s values, goals, and expectations.
The deliberations leading to the publication of the Millennium Committee
report,
UCSC at
a Crossroads, involved hearings and discussions with
hundreds of faculty, students, administrators, alumni, and university
partners. The resulting documents clearly spell out for students and all
interested parties the kind of university we intend to be, including the
nature of the educational experience we are attempting to foster.
Our faculty regularly engage in public, vociferous, and
lively debates about the nature of our educational experience, perhaps
illustrated most vividly in a decision three years ago to introduce letter
grades while retaining our traditional performance evaluations. Attended by
a large majority of senators, that structured debate took place within an
open meeting of the Senate and featured unified vocal support from our
students.
We also include here again our policies for reviewing
academic programs, a process that employs faculty peers from outside the
department and from outside the campus. Such reviews often lead to
recommendation for substantial improvements.
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